Loud/Quiet

We arrived into a gloomy day after a week off and hopeful for some new birds. However, despite the loud dawn chorus, we only captured two birds. One was a Brown Thrasher.



The only reason the Thrasher was captured is because it was following the panic calls of our new Mamma Northern Cardinal. This is the 3rd time she has been caught and she is still as feisty as the first time.



It appears that the rangers were out last week and took Andrew up on saying to feel free to hit the Guinea Grass hard. The area between Nets 12 and 9 are devoid of nearly all of it. Connie took that as a welcome spot to drop in some plants across from the main garden.



Since the rangers could not get down to the end of the lanes with equipment, Andrew hacked away at the grass there in anticipation of migrating Waterthrush that should be heading home this next week.



That loud chorus at dawn was soon followed by quiet surroundings for the rest of the morning. Only a couple of flocks of high flying Yellow-rumps were seen and few other birds were heard as we walked the lanes.



Spring is now upon us and we can hope for increasing bird numbers as migration turns North for a while.
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Next (planned) Banding Day: Sunday, March 24th.
All nets will be opened by 6:55 A.M.